- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

NATO secretary general to visit Georgia this week

© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankNATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen - Sputnik International
Subscribe
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will pay an official visit to Georgia on Thursday to discuss cooperation issues, Georgian deputy foreign minister Nino Kalandadze said on Monday.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will pay an official visit to Georgia on Thursday to discuss cooperation issues, Georgian deputy foreign minister Nino Kalandadze said on Monday.

Rasmussen is due to meet with President Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri, Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and parliamentary speaker David Bakradze.

Talks will focus on issues of bilateral interest which emerged during the meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) held in June, Kalandadze said.

NATO and Georgia established the commission in September 2008, to oversee the organization's assistance to Georgia following the August conflict between Tbilisi and Moscow over South Ossetia, and to oversee Georgia's drive to join the military alliance.

"It is important that... we will have an opportunity to formalize all those tricky and important issues with the secretary general," she said, adding that accession to NATO remains a priority in her country's foreign policy.

Georgia has long been pursuing NATO membership, but its bid was turned down due to pressure from Germany and France at a 2008 NATO summit in Bucharest. However, NATO has stated that the country will join at an unspecified date in the future.

 

TBILISI, September 27 (RIA Novosti)

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала